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Dr. Anna Cabeca - 8th May 2019 (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.
Dr Anna Cabeca is a board-certified gynaecologist and obstetrician from Georgia in the United States. She trained at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, then went on to also be boarded in integrative medicine, as well as anti-ageing and regenerative medicine. She is a pioneer for women's health, to solve the problems that so many women suffer with as a part of hormone imbalance; to do it naturally, and to regain control of our health to the best of our ability.
As many women age, muscle flexibility decreases and fascia tightens, with the result of discomfort with intercourse. In 2000 Dr Cabeca started using low dose naltrexone (LDN) in topical form for such patients, and developed a formulation of LDN, arginine, and pentoxifylline, that she calls “Joy Gel”. The vasodilators in it improve blood flow, moisture, etc. It is applied to the pelvic floor prior to intercourse; or on a daily basis for relief from pelvic pain syndromes, vulvodynia, vestibulitis. Joy Gel includes LDN 2.5 – 3.0 mg per 0.5 ml and is measured into a syringe. A large pea or dime-sized is about 0.5 ml.
Dr Cabeca also uses LDN in capsule form for clients with difficult insomnia, typically with a very slow titer-up to 4 mg; and those with Hashimoto’s, autoimmune diseases, or suffering from toxic mould syndromes.
At around age 38, Dr Cabeca underwent menopause, looked for answers, that reversed menopause completely, and she conceived at age 41. At age 48 she and her family underwent a traumatic incident, and despite being on hormones, she became menopausal again. At that point, she tried a ketogenic diet but had side effects. She studied and hypothesizes that as protective neurotransmitters decrease with age, eg estrogen and progesterone, the ketogenic approach is not complete. In her book The Hormone Fix, she writes about the keto greenway and the greens; adding on the alkalinizers, the high micronutrient-rich micro foods, and microgreens, like broccoli sprouts, and alfalfa sprouts; and using kale, beet greens, chard; lots of deep dark, deep leafy greens. Using the best to get the body into ketosis, thus using ketones for fuel. And checking urine to get an alkaline urine pH. She has developed a test strip to urinary pH and ketones, to help understand what’s working and what’s not.
In the book is a 10-day quick-start detox, a 21-day menu plan, chapters on stress and vaginal health and hormones, and functional testing, and quizzes, and inventories to do. She has programs and menus on her website as well. Once stabilized, clients may be able to reduce the medications they take.
In The Hormone Fix, she notes that it’s insulin, cortisol, and oxytocin are the major hormones that give the quality of life. Stress reduces oxytocin, and depression follows; healing comes through nutrition (25%) and lifestyle (75%). The book has a chapter on stress, developed through personal experiences and traumas. When cortisol’s up with stress, it lowers oxytocin; and you get into a critical phase of low cortisol and low oxytocin - and that feels like burnout.
The Hormone Fix is available from Dr Cabeca’s website: https://book.thehormonefix.com/get-the-book and that link includes a bonus offer. The book also is available wherever books are sold – Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, and others; and on Amazon, where it’s #1 in menopause.
Summary from Dr. Anna Cabeca’s LDN Radio Show from 08 May 2019. Listen to the video for the show.
Keywords: LDN, low dose naltrexone, vulvodynia, vestibulitis, hormone, insomnia, Hashimoto’s, autoimmune, toxic mould, ketogenic diet, The Hormone Fix, insulin, cortisol, oxytocin